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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	45.4	Selected	Paul Ling Jiansen	Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
1 Nov	88.5	Died	Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
4 Nov	75.0	Retired	Julius Babatunde Adelakun	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Succeeded	Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria
	85.9	Died	Hubertus Brandenburg †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
	54.8	Elected	Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R.	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
	62.7	Succeeded	Romualdo Matias Kujawski	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	Guido Iván Minda Chalá	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador
	49.7	Appointed	Guido Iván Minda Chalá	Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia	Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador
	60.6	Appointed	Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D.	Bishop of San Jacinto de Yaguachi, Ecuador	Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador
	64.5	Installed	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Resigned	Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R.	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	75.0	Retired	Geraldo Vieira Gusmão	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	49.1	Installed	Socrates Buenaventura Villegas	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
5 Nov	75.2	Retired	Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	60.9	Appointed	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio
	64.0	Succeeded	Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.5	Resigned	Ján Čapla, S.D.B.	Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan	Superior Emeritus
	96.5	Died	Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) †	Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China
	54.2	Appointed	Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B.	Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan	Prefect of Azerbaijan
6 Nov	69.7	Died	Abraham Escudero Montoya †	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
	53.1	Appointed	William Terrence McGrattan	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	53.1	Appointed	William Terrence McGrattan	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	103.4	Died	Antonio Rosario Mennonna †	Bishop Emeritus of Nardò, Italy
	43.4	Appointed	Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	43.4	Appointed	Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu	Titular Bishop of Ammaedara	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	90.5	Died	Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México
	63.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
7 Nov	50.8	Appointed	Hubertus Leteng †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	80.0	Died	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
	61.4	Appointed	Felix Anthony Machado	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vasai, India	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	59.9	Appointed	Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M.	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	76.5	Retired	João Oneres Marchiori †	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov	45.9	Appointed	Alick Banda	Coadjutor Bishop of Ndola, Zambia	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
	42.0	Confirmed	Amel Shamon Nona	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
	75.4	Retired	Félix Ramananarivo, M.S. †	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Appointed	Philippe Ranaivomanana †	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
14 Nov	54.4	Appointed	Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	77.2	Retired	John Michael D’Arcy †	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	62.1	Appointed	Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	62.1	Appointed	Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P.	Titular Bishop of Dusa	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	60.6	Appointed	Jerome Edward Listecki	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.8	Retired	George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Kevin Carl Rhoades	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	46.9	Appointed	Joseph Luechai Thatwisai	Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand
	63.8	Installed	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Bishop of Radom, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	42.5	Ceased	Andrew Jagaye Karnley	Apostolic Administrator of Monrovia, Liberia	Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia
	84.3	Died	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
16 Nov	73.2	Resigned	Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
17 Nov	79.1	Retired	Peter Toshio Jinushi †	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	50.8	Succeeded	Samuel Kleda	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
	79.0	Retired	Christian Wiyghan Tumi †	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Nov	49.2	Appointed	Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M.	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Nov	57.1	Installed	Constancio Miranda Wechmann	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México
20 Nov	84.9	Died	Martino Gomiero †	Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
21 Nov	29.2	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Andrés Álvarez Tapia	Priest of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
	31.6	Ordained Priest	Pedro Bernardo Cannavó	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
	54.8	Appointed	Brian Joseph Dunn	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
	58.6	Appointed	Peter Liu Cheng-chung	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Bishop
	63.9	Ceased	Anthony Mancini	Apostolic Administrator of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
	48.0	Appointed	José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
	54.8	Appointed	Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Tjephe †	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
	76.4	Retired	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya †	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Nov	47.0	Appointed	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia
	54.5	Appointed	Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	73.0	Resigned	Walter Pérez Villamonte †	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Nov	55.7	Appointed	Raúl Gómez González	Bishop of Tenancingo, México, México	Archbishop of Toluca, México, México
27 Nov	45.7	Appointed	Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
	45.7	Appointed	Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
28 Nov	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Jeż	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Guido Iván Minda Chalá	Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia	Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador
	66.9	Appointed	Anton Stres, C.M.	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	Peter Štumpf, S.D.B.	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia
	54.3	Appointed	Marjan Turnšek	Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.8	Resigned	Alojz Uran †	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Nov	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Henri Coudray, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Silli	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mongo, Chad
	90.3	Died	Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V.	Bishop of France, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
30 Nov	84.7	Died	Emile Eid †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law
	58.8	Appointed	Nikola Eterović	Titular Archbishop of Cibalae	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
Dec	41.0	Succeeded	Joseph Li Jing	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
	96.1	Resigned	John Baptist Liu Jingshan †	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
1 Dec	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Anthony Hebda	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2 Dec	92.0	Died	Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	67.1	Appointed	Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B.	Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.2	Retired	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.2	Retired	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.2	Retired	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.2	Retired	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.2	Retired	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula	Apostolic Nuncio
	50.4	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
3 Dec	67.2	Appointed	Barthélemy Adoukonou	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Secretary Emeritus
	61.2	Appointed	Bernard Ardura, O. Praem.	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	President Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Joseph Atanga, S.J.	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
	44.9	Appointed	Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei	Bishop of Obala, Cameroon
	80.9	Retired	Walter Brandmüller	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Ginés Ramón García Beltrán	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
	76.8	Retired	Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Appointed	Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
	76.8	Retired	Jérôme Owono-Mimboe †	Bishop of Obala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Dec	90.4	Died	Mathew Luo Duxi (Lo Tou-xy) †	Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
	68.4	Died	Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
	62.2	Resigned	Kevin John Patrick McDonald	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	78.3	Retired	Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà †	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	65.2	Succeeded	Joseph Võ Ðức Minh	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
5 Dec	43.0	Appointed	Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia
	43.0	Appointed	Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia
	49.7	Appointed	Vjekoslav Huzjak	Bishop of Bjelovar-Križevci, Croatia
	61.6	Appointed	Method Paul Kilaini	Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Vlado Košić	Bishop of Sisak, Croatia
	57.4	Appointed	Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
	57.4	Appointed	Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
7 Dec	54.6	Appointed	Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.6	Appointed	Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	49.2	Appointed	Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	49.2	Appointed	Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom	Titular Bishop of Bistue	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	53.7	Appointed	Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea	Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	37.0	Perpetual Vows	Silvana Piro, F.M.G.B.	Member of Francescane Missionarie di Gesù Bambino (Suore)	Under Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	98.9	Died	Anthony Saliu Sanusi †	Bishop Emeritus of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
	46.0	Appointed	Herman Willebrordus Woorts	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	46.0	Appointed	Herman Willebrordus Woorts	Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
8 Dec	63.5	Ceased	William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P.	Administrator of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.6	Installed	Bernard Longley	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
9 Dec	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Dennis Etienne	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
	48.2	Appointed	Daniel Ernest Flores	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	75.8	Retired	Raymundo Joseph Peña †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	85.3	Died	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
10 Dec	55.8	Installed	Joel Zamudio Baylon	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Isern	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Pedro López Quintana	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
	77.1	Retired	Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao	Auxiliary Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P.	Titular Bishop of Dusa	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	42.7	Appointed	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm.	Titular Bishop of Entrevaux	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
	47.3	Appointed	José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Mario Toso, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Bisarcio	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
13 Dec	78.8	Died	Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
14 Dec	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul David Sirba †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
15 Dec	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Charles Evans	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	76.1	Retired	Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Resigned	Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.8	Resigned	Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.	Bishop of South Africa, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
	75.2	Retired	Henk Kronenberg, S.M. †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	57.2	Appointed	William Francis Medley	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong	Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
	79.9	Died	Arnaldo Ribeiro †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.6	Appointed	Bernard Unabali †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
16 Dec	75.9	Retired	Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	72.7	Died	Josef Voß (Voss) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
17 Dec	79.5	Laicized	[Emmanuel Milingo]
	69.5	Resigned	Donal Brendan Murray †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec	53.2	Appointed	Stephen Brislin	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
	65.7	Appointed	Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Lawrence Patrick Henry †	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Dec	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	41.5	Appointed	Maurice Muhatia Makumba	Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya	Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya
20 Dec	45.5	Installed	Franz-Josef Overbeck	Bishop of Essen, Germany
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
21 Dec	48.8	Appointed	Donald Joseph Bolen	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
	75.5	Retired	José Lizares Estrada	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.5	Succeeded	Dennis Marion Schnurr	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
22 Dec	50.6	Appointed	Mark Davies	Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	57.7	Appointed	Emmanuel Kerketta	Bishop of Jashpur, India
23 Dec	71.0	Died	Lucas Abadamloora †	Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
24 Dec	39.4	Appointed	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic
	39.4	Appointed	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	77.7	Died	Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lae, Papua New Guinea
27 Dec	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Milton Kenan Júnior	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
29 Dec	76.8	Died	Roberto Amadei †	Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
30 Dec	62.9	Appointed	Vicente Costa	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	86.4	Died	Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu †	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Otacílio Luziano Da Silva	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	43.5	Appointed	Waldemar Passini Dalbello	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
	43.5	Appointed	Waldemar Passini Dalbello	Titular Bishop of Membressa	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
	44.8	Appointed	Edmar Perón	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
	44.8	Appointed	Edmar Perón	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
	81.5	Died	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
	56.3	Appointed	Pedro Luiz Stringhini	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	59.5	Appointed	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	86.7	Died	Leo Yao Liang †	Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
31 Dec	92.2	Died	Cahal Brendan Daly †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
	58.2	Appointed	Matthieu Nguyễn Văn Khôi	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam	Bishop
	69.2	Died	Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt

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